Press freedom in Jamaica is on a downward slide. In 2021 Jamaica peaked at number seven in the world rankings. In 2022 the country’s ranking slipped to number 12. In a publication to mark Press ...

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX. The 2022 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), shows that the coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism, with the ...

In 2017, Jamaica was ranked eighth in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, sandwiched between the likes of Switzerland and Belgium, and well ahead of the United States, which ...

After decades of dialogue, delays, and dashed expectations, the longstanding dream of full free movement within the Caribbean ...

After a seven-year debate involving representatives of the government, media, and civil society, Jamaica has now become the first independent Caribbean country to have no criminal defamation laws — ...

Travel advisories issued for the Bahamas, Jamaica. The US Embassy issued a stark security warning and travel advisory on Jan. 24 after the Bahamas saw 18 primarily gang-related murders in January ...

Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp encourages us to support this year's World Press Freedom Day, coming up on May 3rd. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how ...

“This is what I feel writing and self-publishing has given me the right that I was born with–permission to speak.” Forrest Gump helps Jamaican blogger Geoffrey Philp understand the meaning of freedom.